Entertainment

Gaining altitude: Saoirse Ronan in Greta Gerwig's “Lady Bird.”
Critics clearly operate on a different calendar than most moviegoers. By the end of November-beginning of December, most of the major critics groups already have put to bed their best-of-year lists.
Thus this week, the National Board of Review, and then the New [...]

The rolling revelations of sexual harassment in Hollywood, the media and it seems every industry where men wield power over others evoke a range of reactions, from sadness to disgust to outrage. And one can only imagine the reactions of their victims.
I was momentarily stunned when one TV pundit noted [...]

Brad who?
We live in weird times, no? So at first glance, I was tempted to view the new report on Hollywood's most profitable, and least profitable, performers as fake news. Something you might see on the cover of a tabloid at the supermarket, alongside Stevie Wonder being able to see [...]

Jennifer Lawrence in Darren Aronofsky's “mother!”
Martin Scorsese, one of the most lionized filmmakers of our time, doesn't need more praise, least of all from your humble blogger.
Still, I'd like to offer some anyway, not for a movie, in this case, but for a guest column he wrote for The Hollywood [...]